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NxWidgets-1.0 |
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The initial version of NxWidgets was released on March 22, 2012. This |
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package has been used in several projects prior to its release to open |
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source and is considered stable its initial release (although not all |
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features have been fully verified). |
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NxWidgets-1.1 |
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The 2nd release of the NxWidgets package as made on May 19, 2012. The |
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headline new feature in this release is: |
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* NxWM, the tiny window manager based on NX and NxWidgets. NxWM is true |
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multiple window manager but only one window is displayed at a time. |
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This simplification helps performance on LCD based products (in the |
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same way that a tiled window manager helps) and also makes the best |
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use of small displays. It is awkward from a human factors point-of-view |
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trying to manage multiple windows on a small display. |
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The window manager consists of a task bar with icons representing the |
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running tasks. If you touch the task's icon, it comes to the top. Each |
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window has a toolbar with (1) a title, (2) a minimize button, and (3) a |
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stop application button using the standard icons for these things. User |
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input via a touchscreen or mouse and keyboard is supported. |
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There is always a start window that is available in the task bar. When |
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you touch the start window icon, it brings up the start window containing |
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icons representing all of the available applications. If you touch an |
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icon in the start window, it will be started and added to the task bar. |
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There is a base class that defines an add-on application and an |
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interface that supports incorporation of new application. The only |
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application that is provided is NxConsole. This is an NSH session |
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running in a window. You should be able to select the NX icon in the start |
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menu and create as many NSH sessions in windows as you want. (keybard input |
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still comes through serial). |
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This initial realease of NxWM should be considered an alpha release. |
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All know issues are listed in the top-level TODO list. |
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Other important new features include: |
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* NxWidgets::IBitmap and NxWidgets::CRlePalettBitmap: Extended to |
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support different color look-up-tables (LUTs). This allows images |
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to be highlighted when touched, for example. |
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* NxWidgets::CImage: Extended to support button-like behavior. CImage |
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widgets now work well as touchable icons. |
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* NxWidgets::CWidgetControl: Add a semaphore to force clients to wait if the |
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size or position of the window is not yet known (multi-user mode only). |
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Enabled and verified creation of framed windows. |
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* NxWidgets::CWindowEventHandler and NxWidgets::CWindowEventHandler: Add |
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support for getting callbacks for window events. |
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* DOxygen documentation support. Contributed by Jose Pablo Carballo. |
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An effort is underway to simplify NxWidgets and reduce its memory footprint: |
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* NxWidgets::CNxWidget: Removed support for "shelving" widgets, reference |
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constants, and close types. Remove all support for widgets in a "vertical" |
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hierarchy. Now widgets exist in a flat, two-dimensional space and should |
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not overlap. Removed built-in modal loops. |
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Bug fixes include changes to the following (see the ChangeLog for details): |
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* NxWidgets::CRlePalettBitmap, NxWidgets::CRlePalettBitmap, |
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NxWidgets::CGraphicsPort, NxWidgets::CWidgetControl |
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NxWidgets-1.2 |
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The 3rd release of the NxWidgets package as made on June 15, 2012. This |
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release depends on NuttX-6.19 or above and should not be used with older |
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NuttX releases. |
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New features and enhancements include: |
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* NxWM::CNxConsole: The NxWM NxConsole windows now correctly receive keyboard |
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input. In version 1.1, NxConsoles received input from /dev/console. That, |
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of course, leads to chaos when there a multiple windows trying to get input |
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from the same device. There is now a keyboard listener task that will |
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accept input from /dev/console and inject that input into the NX keyboard |
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interface. NX will give the keyboard input only to the top window that |
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has focus, eliminating the chaos. |
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* NxWM::CHexcalculator: The NxWM demonstration/unit test now includes a hex |
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calculator applications. This demonstrates the use of arrays of buttons |
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within a window. |
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Bugfixes: |
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* NxWM::CTaskbar: Was inappropriately minimizing some windows. Fixes |
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some window raising/lowering bugs. |
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* NXWidgets::CButtonArray: Fix some coloring problems when rending button |
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text in cases where we cannot read from the display device. |
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As well as other, less critical bugs (see the ChangeLog for details) |
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